| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: SA1 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of
war from his youth.
SA1 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's
sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the
flock:
SA1 17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out
of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard,
and smote him, and slew him.
SA1 17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this
uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
NUM 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them
will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
NUM 14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this
wilderness.
NUM 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,
and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the
wilderness.
NUM 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land,
even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities,
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
JOB 37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible
majesty.
JOB 37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is
excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will
not afflict.
JOB 37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are
wise of heart.
JOB 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
JOB 38:2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
JOB 38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee,
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: MAT 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have
received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
MAT 20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the
goodman of the house,
MAT 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast
made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the
day.
MAT 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no
wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
MAT 20:14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this
last, even as unto thee.
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